TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
媽
ㄇㄚ · mā
noun — mom, mother
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tmǎ → mā — only the tone lifts
A woman (女) with 馬 mǎ for sound, the tone lifted to mā — the nursery word for mother, the ma- that babies say first. The same 馬 lends its sound to the question word 嗎.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
孩子才會走，張口喊一聲媽，往她（女）懷裡撲。
The child can barely walk — one cry of mā, and a dash for her (女) arms.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)媽媽— mom常用
→姑媽、舅媽— the married aunts
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension